Citrus Honey Sous Vide Carrots

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A delicious Citrus Honey Sous Vide Carrots recipe that’s very easy to make with just five simple ingredients: carrots, orange zest, honey, butter, and salt.

Citrus Honey Sous Vide Carrots

Have you joined the sous vide party yet?  If you haven’t, now’s the time.  It’s never been easier to get started.  Learning to use the sous vide cooking method reveals a new horizon of exciting recipes and a robust community of home sous vide enthusiasts.

You’ll be surprised by how easy it is.  For this sous vide carrots recipe, all you do is fill and seal the bag, then let it cook in a virtually hands-off process.  Voilà!  Delicious carrots that go perfectly with all your favorite main dishes.

My sous vide system consists of an immersion circulator that clips on to my Dutch oven, plus FoodSaver® Sous-vide Vacuum Seal Bags and a FoodSaver® FM2000 Vacuum Sealing System.  FoodSaver® products are available in-store or online at Target, where you can save 15% off both products during the month of July.

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If you are unfamiliar with sous vide cookery, the first thing you should know is that sous-vide is French for “under vacuum.”  Sous vide bags, like the FoodSaver® Sous-vide Vacuum Seal Bags, are completely airtight.  The lack of air prevents the sous vide bags from floating during the cooking process, which is important for consistent cooking results.

You’ll want to stock up on good quality sous vide bags like these, because their multi-layered construction resists punctures.  Using the FM2000 system with these sous vide bags provides a powerful heat-seal.

Once you’ve sealed a bag, you can put it the freezer for later—and then, when you’re ready, it can go straight from the freezer to a hot water bath.  No defrosting required!

In addition to being freezer safe, they’re also suitable for the microwave and fridge, and are available in a variety of sizes.  That gives you the flexibility to cook as many or as few sous vide carrots (or any other food) as you wish.

Look for FoodSaver® Sous-vide Vacuum Seal Bags and the FM2000 system in-store or online at Target.

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Citrus Honey Sous Vide Carrots

A delicious Citrus Honey Sous Vide Carrots recipe that's very easy to make with just five simple ingredients: carrots, orange zest, honey, butter, and salt.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American, Gluten Free, Sous Vide

Keyword carrots, kid friendly, side dishes, sous vide, thanksgiving, vegetables

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 107 kcal

Author Katie Moseman

Ingredients

• 1 pound whole baby carrots
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Using an immersion circulator, preheat the water in your cooking vessel to 183 F.

2. Add all the ingredients to a 1-quart vacuum seal bag.  Vacuum and seal the bag, then use tongs to carefully place the bag in the preheated water.  Cook for 1 hour, turning the bag once or twice if it does not flip itself over freely.

3. Remove the bag with tongs.  Carefully cut open the bag (watch out for steam) and drain the carrots completely in a colander.  Serve carrots immediately.

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Recipe Notes

The drained cooking liquid is not suitable for reducing as a sauce; it is high in salt (more like a brine than a sauce), and because of this it's too salty to use as additional sauce for serving.  I know this because I already tried it so you didn't have to. 🙂

Nutrition Facts

Citrus Honey Sous Vide Carrots

Amount Per Serving

Calories 107 Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value*

Fat 5g8%

Saturated Fat 3g19%

Cholesterol 15mg5%

Sodium 380mg17%

Potassium 268mg8%

Carbohydrates 14g5%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 9g10%

Vitamin A 15815IU316%

Vitamin C 5mg6%

Calcium 36mg4%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.